Kylopod's Blog

Commentary on movies and books, as well as short essays on a variety of topics. I have a particular interest in language, and how it is used in our lives to further change.

Monday, April 24, 2017

The greatest blog post in history

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Recently a lawyer for conspiracy theory-loving radio host Alex Jones described Jones' on-air persona as " performance art ." I...

Monday, August 22, 2016

What do Trump's promises reveal about his motives?

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If there's one thing I've learned from the rise of Donald Trump, it's to trust my instincts more. I had a dream about a year ag...

Friday, May 27, 2016

The gazillion Trumps

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HuffPost ran an intriguing article the other day entitled "Trump’s Neo-Nazi And Jewish Backers Are Both Convinced He’s Secretly On Thei...

Friday, December 04, 2015

The troll primary

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For some reason I've been having the following fantasy lately: Donald J. Trump sweeps the Republican primaries, easily collecting enoug...

Friday, September 25, 2015

More on Trump's "authenticity"

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Frank Rich is a good columnist who over the weekend engaged in a bit of silly contrarianism entitled " Donald Trump is saving our democ...

Sunday, August 09, 2015

Political correctness and sincerity

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One thing I found interesting about the recent showdown between Donald Trump and Megyn Kelly is how he brought "political correctness...

Friday, July 17, 2015

The joys of being persecuted

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In a piece on separating myth from reality in the history of anti-Irish bigotry, Megan McArdle writes : As I read about these notices, I won...

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Kylopod: I am a lot of things. An Orthodox Jew, a former homeschooler, a Democrat, a movie buff, a bookworm, an English major, a juggler, a checkers fan, a Toastmasters member, and several other things besides. I love feedback! I encourage anyone who comes to my blog to respond, even if it's to a post I wrote months earlier. I'll make sure to read it.

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